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<function name="move" parent="table" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Moves elements from one part of a table to another part a given table. This is similar to assigning elements from the source table to the destination table in multiple assignments. </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <added>2023.11.28</added> <file line="781-L802">lua/includes/extensions/table.lua</file>⤶ <args> <arg name="sourceTbl" type="table">The source table from which the elements are to be moved.</arg> <arg name="from" type="number">The start index of the source range from which the elements are to be moved.</arg> <arg name="to" type="number">The end index of the source range until which the elements are to be moved.</arg> <arg name="dest" type="number">The index within the destination table where the moved elements should be inserted.</arg> <arg name="destTbl" type="table" default="sourceTbl">The destination table to which the elements are to be moved. By default, this is the same as the source table.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">The modified destination table.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Example of the this can be used.</description> <code> local source = { "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" } local dest = { "f", "g", "h", "i", "j" } table.move( source, 3, 5, 1, dest ) PrintTable( source ) print( "\n" ) PrintTable( dest ) </code> <output> ``` 1 = a 2 = b 3 = c 4 = d 5 = e 1 = c 2 = d 3 = e 4 = i 5 = j ``` </output> </example>